#8BC042#8BC042

#8BC042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.165 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC042
RGB	rgb(139, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(85, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(85, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -36.84, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 66.91, 123.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.1043 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.165 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4803, 43.5808, 11.9592)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC042 #7742C0

analogous

#C0B642 #8BC042 #4CC042

triadic

#8BC042 #428BC0 #C0428B

tetradic

#8BC042 #42C0B6 #7742C0 #C0424C

square

#8BC042 #42C0B6 #7742C0 #C0424C

split-complementary

#8BC042 #424CC0 #B642C0

monochromatic

#496622 #6A9431 #8BC042 #A7CF70 #C3DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8BC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#8BC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC042

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC042	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.165 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d37c',
    500: '#8bc042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc042;
$custom-light: #b0d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.238,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74564,
    "c": 0.1648,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC042

secondary

#AA93CB

accent

#4EDA89

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC042

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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